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A friend of mine has a gigabyte ep43 ds3l laying around and wants to build a budget system. It's quite an old mobo these days so I was wondering. Should he build a system using this mobo or simply buy a new one?
Budget is around 400-500 euro's for all inc. monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.
Component recommendations are appreciated.
I think AMD is the way to go if you build a new budget system?
CPU AMD Athlon II x3 440 55 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103843&Tpk=athlon x3 440
MOBO ASUS M4A785T 45 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131609
Memory Kingston Valueram 2GB 44 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...kingston_valueram_1333-_-20-134-812-_-Product
Videocard ATi 4670 65 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4150450&cm_re=ati_4670-_-14-150-450-_-Product
HDD Spinpoint F3 40 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...181&cm_re=spinpoint_f3-_-22-152-181-_-Product
Case Xigmatek asgard 35 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=xigmatek_asgard-_-11-815-004-_-Product
PSU Gigabyte Odin 700W 30 euro
Monitor Samsung P2270 150 euro
Links are just for illustrative purposes. Is this a decent build?
Budget is around 400-500 euro's for all inc. monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers.
Component recommendations are appreciated.
I think AMD is the way to go if you build a new budget system?
CPU AMD Athlon II x3 440 55 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103843&Tpk=athlon x3 440
MOBO ASUS M4A785T 45 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131609
Memory Kingston Valueram 2GB 44 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...kingston_valueram_1333-_-20-134-812-_-Product
Videocard ATi 4670 65 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...4150450&cm_re=ati_4670-_-14-150-450-_-Product
HDD Spinpoint F3 40 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...181&cm_re=spinpoint_f3-_-22-152-181-_-Product
Case Xigmatek asgard 35 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&cm_re=xigmatek_asgard-_-11-815-004-_-Product
PSU Gigabyte Odin 700W 30 euro
Monitor Samsung P2270 150 euro
Links are just for illustrative purposes. Is this a decent build?